“Guests,” Zachary bellows as the dessert plates are cleared. “I acted rashly and in bad faith. My fear that my daughter and her mate would reject each other was unfounded and baseless. As you can see.”Temperance and Sebastian join him on stage. The assembled crowd cheers, seeing them hand in hand, smiling, sporting beautiful fated mate marks.“Thank you all for staying and understanding,” Temperance speaks clearly and proudly. “My mate and I welcome you tonight, to not only celebrate our 18th birthdays, but also to celebrate our mating and elevation to the positions we were born to.”Everyone again claps as Temperance and Sebastian face Zachary and Janice.“Sebastian Timberman, do you understand the role of Beta within Biczi Pack?” Janice asks her son as tears ,fill her eyes. Terry should be doing this.“I do. The Beta assists the Alpha in all things. Protecting the humans from rouges and maintaining a diplomatic relationship with both werewolves and humans for the betterment of all
“Get out, Sebastian,” Temperance tells him.“No,” Sebastian looks determined. “I'll sleep on the sofa, but I’m not leaving you alone tonight.”Cam- He knows you are hurting.Temperance- I’m hurting because of him.Cam- No, you aren’t. Temperance, he loves you.Temperance blocks her and turns to Sebastian.“I'm the Alpha of this Pack and what I say goes, get out,” Temperance tells him.“I'm your mate, your Alpha tone and commands have no effect on me in private. I’ll submit in public. I’ll be the most loyal Beta in all the world,” Sebastian crosses the room and stands in front of her. He runs his fingers threw her hair. “But in private. Here, in our room. No.”Cam- This is HOT!Temperance- Have some self-respect girl.Cam- I bit his ear almost off and he still wants us. It’s hot. Let’s mate with him.Temperance- NO!Cam- You are marked, your heat will take care of it in about two weeks. “Sleep on the couch,” Temperance tells him. “Fine, no problem,” Sebastian starts to undress. “Y
Cole- Ok, Casanova, what now.Sebastian- Figure out what happily ever after means to her.Sebastian picks up the phone and calls Zachary on his retirement trip to Paris.“Less than 24 hours, I win,” Zachary answers laughing.“Damn it!” Janice laughs.“You called at the perfect time. We are in between rounds,” Zachary laughs.“Gross!” Sebastian groans, then he hears a hand slap bare skin. “Double gross.”“What did you do?” Janice asks.“I need to know what happily ever after looks like to Tempe,” Sebastian sighs.Sebastian hears as both parents sit up and get serious.“What do you mean?” Janice asks.“There was an issue, Tempe handled it like a champ. It was amazing to watch, but she said that I stole her happily ever after. I just want to show here I didn’t, that she can have a happily ever after with me,” Sebastian pauses and when Janice speaks, he hears her smile.“Seb that is really sweet. Tempe just wants to be loved. She wants to be swept off her feet, to forget she has the weigh
“We can’t just walk up to her and stab her. The other Alphas would have us killed instantly,” Milo tells Lucius. “I know that, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t want to walk up to her and stab her. She is going to let more and more humans return home. Every Biczi Alpha believes wolves and humans can live together in harmony,” Lucius rolls his eyes and shakes his head.“We move our forces to the border in the neutral zone, our allies do the same,” Milo points to the spot on the map.“What allies? No one seems to agree with us. This is going to be you and me brother. Our pack and only our pack. We need to do what our uncle did,” Lucius looks Milo in the eyes. “We hire rogues.”Milo cringes. “You know what happened. If we hire rogues and fight alongside them, Temperance will do the math and an angry Temperance is more deadly than a sane one.”“She is smart, but we won’t give her a chance to figure it out,” Lucius reminds his brother. “We kill her. Poison, maybe. Slip wolfsbane into her wi
Sebastian watches as Temperance walks away with the group she came with.Cole- We can follow at a safe distance.Sebastian- You have a bad feeling too?Cole- Kent has always wanted to get her, and she isn’t thinking clearly. I don’t want anything bad to happen to her.Sebastian- She would likely be thinking more clearly if you and I had not just pissed her off. I told you coming here was a bad idea.Cole- We beat them here by twenty minutes. They took the long way on purpose.Sebastian knows Cole is right as he walks to the club.“Sup, Beta,” the bouncer nods and lets Sebastian in without making him wait.Sebastian makes his way to the bar and orders a beer. It doesn’t take long before his chest is tight, and he is uncomfortable. Sebastian shakes it off until a shooting pain hits his heart.Cole- BETRAYAL!Sebastian forces himself to look at the dance floor. He sees Temperance holding a kissing Kent. He wants to stop her, to punch him.Cole- Go get mate!Sebastian pushes Cole down, al
Temperance stares at the rogue as a smirk creeps onto his face. “We need to get MY dad on the phone,” Temperance says to Sebastian who hands her the phone already connected to Zachary. Temperance chuckles, Sebastian is the perfect Beta. “Hey Tempe talk to me,” Zachary tells her. Temperance walks away as she explains everything.“I really think this is Reynolds Pack,” Temperance tells him. “Relalitation from Milo?” Zachary asks. “Milo or Lucius for the insult. I mean Seb did cross a line Dad. It was a forced marking,” Temperance tells him. “No Cam accepted it, second if they was true the attack would have centered on Seb not you,” Zachary explains. “Our wolves are identical. Only a few people know how to tell us apart. I’ll bet some warriors don’t even know,” Temperance looks up and sees Kent and his birthday party buddies walking toward her. She holds up her hand and they stop. “If you are right then you need to secure the borders. Ask President Coffee to send troops to the hu
Temperance grips her chest as an emptiness fills her. Sebastian punches Kent out cold feeling his mate's distress.Cole- Cam left her. We need to get her out here before the warriors notice.Sebastian runs to Temperance and lifts her up.“I’ve won, you can see that,” Sebastian tells Eric and Derk, before running back the packhouse and their bedroom.Temperance is crying and Sebastian holds her close to his chest. Cole too, is whimpering sadly. Sebastian doesn’t say a word, just lets Temperance cry. The sun is about to come up they haven’t slept at all.Sebastian simply sits perfectly still, Temperance’s tears falling on his bare chest.The sun rises, but they don’t move. It’s Saturday, no training this morning. Besides they have bigger problems. Without Cam, anyone could challenge Temperance for the title Alpha. The pack is not secure without Cam. “What am I going to do?” Temperance finally asks.“We are going to say you are heartbroken over the loss of Milo and Kent in such a sho
“Memories of Milo got you all hot and bothered?” Sebastian asks her with a laugh.Temperance rolls on her side and looks at him.“No,” Temperance touches his face and turns it toward her. “Curiosity has me wondering what it feels like. And you are my fated mate. So, you should take my virginity. I bet we have amazing sex.”Cole- Say yes.Sebastian- She will hate us later.Cole- Right, right, you got this? I’m ready to nail her.Sebastian- Yeah, on this, I need you in the back doing the whimpering thing.Cole- I can do that.“I bet we have amazing, mind-blowing, bring down the house sex,” Sebastian tells her. “But I also know you will hate me later. You are hurting and sex is not going to fix it. When you and I finally mate, it’s not going to be because we are bored, thinking about other people, or we felt forced to. When I mate with you, I’m going to take my time, make every tingle count. Because it will be the first time with the last female I will ever have sex with. It will be my l
“Congratulations!” Catherine squeals as she bring Cary in. “So what are their names.”“Dodger, Olivia, and Charley,” Nova smiles proudly. “Wait those are not even close to what you told us,” Terry looks confused. “She is allowed to change her mind,” Catherine coos handing Cary to him without ceremony or even looking at her mate. “They are beautiful.”Catherine holds both girls and coos in their faces. “Hey Cary check your cousin and future best friend,” Terry tells Cary showing him Dodger. “May I come in?” Juliet asks from the door way. “Of course,” Nova smiles. “You look beat little mama,” Juliet tells her. “But look at these three.”“I know look a them,” Catherine turns so Juliet can see the girls. “Who is who?”Oliver looks at the girls and points to the one with long eye lashes, “Olivia. Charley has a bigger forehead.”“They are so beautiful. Now I want one,” Juliet pouts. “Oh so seeing what mixed babies look like makes you want one?” Oliver teases her. Juliet rolls her eye
“Hey Baby,” Juliet wakes up and runs her hand through Hank’s hair.“Hey,” Hank wakes up and smiles. “How are you feeling?”“Stronger. I think it must have worked,” Juliet smiles. “I knew Oliver’s blood would work,” Hank smiles back and kisses her lips. “I love you.”“I love you too,” Juliet tells him. The doctor comes and checks Juliet taking some blood. “Okay so I’ll run the blood, but we need to do another scan to be sure. I don’t want to get your hopes up yet. For some patients the process takes a couple of tries,” The doctor warns. “Don’t lose hope if we have to have a round two.”“Thank you,” Juliet smiles. “It’s going to be okay.” Hank exhales and nods at her. Soon they come a wheel Juliet away for her scan. Two hours later Hank and Juliet are giggling and sharing small kisses.“Alpha, Luna, there is only a little change. We will need to do another treatment,” The doctor tells them. “We can discharge you now and you can return in six weeks for the second round.”Juliet tri
“The way to the peace is the red door. You can’t open the red door, unless you are chosen. Those who are not chosen, go through the green door and meet the gods,” Zachary says to the doctors.“The formula only works on those who are chosen, otherwise they die,” Terry tells them.“You understand him?” Hank asks. Terry nods.“We need to make it lavender. Lavender is the key to the red door,” Zachary mixes to liquids together. “Not enough red, need more red.”“There is nothing red,” one of the doctors say.“The top of the red is best. Need 12 beats,” Zachary smiles at Terry.“Blood, you need blood?” Terry asks.“Twelve beats,” Zachary holds out a silver knife and his own hand.“You need 12 drops of blood?” Hank asks.“Beat, boom, boom, boom, boom,” Zachary tells them.“Heartbeats, he needs 12 heart beats of his own blood,” Terry tells them.“This would be so much easier if he wasn’t crazy,” Hank says.“Only he who has the vision to hear, can taste the future I can feel,” Zachary says as
“Okay guys, it’s 3am,” Terry looks at his watch. “We are well tipsy. Love you guys but I have a pregnant mate and a four month old at home.”“Yeah my Luna is carrying triplets. She is going to be pretty pissed when I get home,” Oliver laughs. “I’ll just give her some head and all is forgiven.”Hank laughs, “Is that all it takes to tame the beast?”Oliver flicks his tongue making Hank laugh and Terry look uneasy. “My sweet innocent sister,” Terry groans. “There is nothing innocent about her anymore,” Oliver winks. Hank laughs as they all stand and head back home.When they get in the packhouse they are quiet thinking their Luna’s are already asleep. Safe bet since it is 4am. “What is that light and noise?” Terry asks pointing to the kitchen.“Most likely the Omegas getting breakfast started,” Hank answers. “I wonder if they have bacon ready yet?”“Worth a look,” Oliver suggests. They make their way in and find a scene they did not expect. Nova is standing on top of the counter, J
Once Temperance released her daughter, they all marched over to where Marissa is bound, kneeling in front of the fire burning the rogue bodies.“You lead all of them to their deaths,” Nova says, pulling Marissa’s hair back, forcing Marissa to look her in the eye. “You thought I was weak. I guess throwing you over a patio wall wasn’t lesson enough.”“How did you overcome so many? We send 90 after you,” Marissa lets tears fall as she stares at Nova.“You thought I was weak and that is why I never trained, You thought I was helpless without my Alpha family or mate. You thought I was the easy target. But, you see, you don’t know me. If you did know me, you would know I am not now, nor have I ever been, weak. Only underestimated,” Nova smiles slightly. “And you miscalculated.”“I loved him before you,” Marissa whines. “I loved him without a bond telling me to.”“You could have had the perfect life with Rhys. You could have been happy. But now you over played your hand. Oliver never loved y
“He is a handsome boy!” Hank smiles, seeing his nephew on the screen. “Looks very Reynolds.”“Nice try, this boy is all Timberman,” Terry smiles proudly.“That black hair gives it away,” Catherine smiles at her brother.“You have brown hair,” Hank teases back.“Yeah, but Uncle Seb, Terry, and Nova all have black hair, like my sweet little boy,” Catherine kisses the top of her son’s head. “I can’t think of a name. Got any ideas?”“I’m not giving you my top choices, they are mine,” Hank smiles.“Jules?” Catherine asks.“I’m gonna stand by my man on this one,” Juliet smiles. “He is really handsome.”“Handsome?” Catherine looks up at Terry.“Yeah, he is handsome,” Terry stares at his son.“No, 'Handsome' as his name,” Catherine smiles.Terry squints at her. “Love of my life, my whole reason for being. No, that is not a good name.”Nova laughs.“I think he is so handsome there is only one name for him,” Oliver smiles. “Name him Oliver.”Everyone laughs.“What about Tom?” Terry asks.“Too p
“Every pack is on alert, she has been out there two weeks now,” Terry tells Catherine. “I want you to stay close to the Packhouse, please.”Catherine rolls her eyes, “I'm not in the condition to fight with you. But do you honestly think she will come here to hurt me?”“No, she is going after Nova,” Terry answers. “We all know she is going after Nova. But you are vulnerable. Nova would gladly lay her life down for you and our child.”Catherine considers and nods.“Sorry to interrupt,” Sebastian knocks on the office door. “I heard my daughter in law and grandchild need a bodyguard. I have come to volunteer. Cole is restless.”“Mom made you,” Terry rolls his eyes.“In a way. She is driving me crazy. Something is off and I need out of her way while she figures it out,” Sebastian smiles.“I thought you two figured things out together?” Catherine looks at him.Sebastian sits down. “Normally, yes. But whatever this is, its emotional, internal. She needs to figure this out herself. I am suppo
“Marissa, they are coming after you,” Kimberly tells her. “Lexington is trying to save you, but the other Alphas are voting soon. He won’t have a choice; our pack can’t fight everyone.”Marissa thinks, “Why aren’t they coming after you at all?”Kimberly swallows. “I am a Luna, out of respect, I am given some permissions.”“So, if I was a Luna, then they would leave me alone?” Marissa asks.“I don’t know. You actually poisoned the Luna of Reynolds. Hank is not so forgiving. He wants to punish you at Reynolds. Oliver is asking Justice get you first, but he might lose that battle,” Kimberly tells her, ringing her hands and shaking. “We need to prepare for you to be taken.”Marissa throws her head back laughing. “You give up so easily. Clearly you are not Luna material. At least I have a wolf. Isn’t a Luna’s first job to do what is in the best interest of the pack?”“Yes, that is why I am telling you; we need to prepare for you trial. We need to be ready with a defense,” Kimberly says. “W
Nova grabs Oliver’s arm to balance herself as he explains everything behind her closed office door.“So, I am not safe here,” Nova looks at him. “Oliver, you have to let me go home until this is over. I can defend myself, but I can’t train with these warriors. I can’t trust anyone. Until you get control of your pack, I need to leave.”“I will protect you. Running only shows the pack you are afraid. Don’t worry about your safety or the safety of Biczi Warriors. I will call Terry and explain everything. He can be on more solid watch. Nova, you are more important to me than my pack. I’ll let Terry come in here and kill them all before I let you be taken from me. Once the pack see what lies Marissa was spewing, they will find you are the Luna they asked for and one they can respect and love,” Oliver rambles off very quickly hoping to change her mind.Nova inhales deeply and takes his hand. “Okay, but I want you with me at all times now or I will be in this office with the door locked. I w